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 Xichang, China (XNA) Aug 31, 2009 
China will soon send an Indonesian communications satellite into space on the back of Chinese-made Long March 3B rocket, a spokesperson for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Saturday. All preparatory work is well underway and both the satellite and the rocket were in good condition, the spokesperson said. The Palapa D satellite, owned by ... read more 
Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 31, 2009Astronomers from China and the United States are considering cooperating on the world's largest telescope, through which scientists will have a deeper insight into the very early stages of the universe. The Thirty-Meter-Telescope (TMT) was conceived and headed by University of California and California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and is expected to be completed in 2019. ... more
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Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs
Hong Kong court to deliver verdicts on media mogul Jimmy Lai Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict set for Monday Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut 
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Bangkok (AFP) Aug 28, 2009Fighting between Myanmar's isolated ruling junta and rebel ethnic armies in the remote northeast has driven up to 30,000 refugees into China, the UN said, as analysts warned of a full-scale civil war. As thousands fled across its border, China issued a rare admonishment to its southern neighbour and close ally, urging it to resolve the conflict that has broken out in Kokang, a mainly ethnic ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2009China has urged the United States to end military surveillance operations in its coastal waters, but a US official said Friday that Washington's policies were unchanged. "The constant US air and sea surveillance and survey operations in China's exclusive economic zone is the root cause of problems between the navies and air forces of China and the US," China's defence ministry said in a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported. Another farmer in the hut was injured and taken to hospital, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials in Anhui province as saying. The accident happened during a heavy rainstorm in the village of Qiaodong, around 650 kilometres(400 miles ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2009Fifteen miners died after inhaling toxic gases in a graphite mine in central China, state-run media reported on Saturday. The deaths occurred Friday afternoon at the mine in the town of Yuanlutang in Hunan province, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the local government. The report said no further details were immediately available on the accident, which it said was under investigation. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2009A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported, but state media said there were no immediate reports of casualties. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 9:52 am (0152 GMT), was located 165 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of the city of Golmud in Qinghai province, the USGS said. The quake hit at a relatively shallow ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2009China on Thursday passed a law officially tasking the country's main domestic security force with putting down often violent incidents of social unrest, state media reported. The People's Armed Police, whose units are stationed nationwide, had already acted in that capacity for years, but the new legislation is being seen as an overdue clarification prompted by mounting internal security ... more |
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